Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johnny Ramone

Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.

Johnny Carson

The best way to thaw a frozen turkey? Blow in it's ear.

Luc de Clapiers

Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

It's settled, then," Grace said. She turned back to Nick. "Take the Jag to the car wash and for heaven's sake clean the McDonald's Happy Meal boxes out of it." "Hey," Nick said, his face offended. "That's a low blow. Those boxes are collectibles.

Nora Roberts

You're going to blow his socks off!

Nora Roberts

Sometimes a wind comes up, blows you off course. You’re not ready for it, but if you’re lucky, you end up in a more interesting place than you’d planned.

Nicole Ari Parker

You shouldn't marry unless the both of you are on the same page on a lot of things. Life is going to deal you blows, and you have to be together. Your values and priorities have to be on the same page; otherwise, it won't work.

Nicole Ari Parker

Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again?

N. T. Wright

When people with power see things happen of which they disapprove, they drop bombs and send in tanks. When people without power see things happen of which they disapprove, they smash store windows, blow themselves up in crowded places, and fly planes into buildings. The fact that both methods have proved remarkably unsuccessful at changing things doesn't stop people from going on in the same way.

Mort Sahl

You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness.

Monica Lewinsky

She has slimmed down since the height of impeachment, her thick blow-dried hair as shiny as Russian sable and her creamy cleavage, as historic in its own way as Mount Rushmore, was quite wonderful to behold.

John Wooden

I would not tolerate profanity from anyone, anytime. I'd blow the whistle, pull you from the court and put you on the bench and talk to you before I would put you back in.

The (higher) temperatures will be short-lived come later in the afternoon. By (tonight) you will be seeing considerable blowing and drifting snow.

John Jackson

The hill's not steep enough. It's really hard to get speed, so you don't make the landing. That's how you blow out your knees.

Lance Armstrong

A guy like him - I'm not blowing smoke - could be the future of cycling.

Ron Gardenhire

All you can see is how he does. I don't want to punish a kid for something like that. It's quite an honor. He might be pitching great for the world games, but I might have a guy here that's blowing people away every time he gets the ball. What are you going to do? That makes it tough on all parties.

The Liberals are being blown out of the water. The only thing we're discussing now is whether the Conservatives are going to form a majority or a minority.

Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

The kid's been doing it all year. He's slippery and he can burn you. That first run he had, I just kind of dropped my jaw in watching him make a cut and blowing away the secondary.

Walter Benjamin

These are days when no one should rely unduly on his ''competence.'' Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.

This is one privatization experiment that has blown up too many times.

This is a great success for the Royal Navy, ... (It) has dealt a sledgehammer blow to the drug traffickers.

Jay McCarroll

This is a huge opportunity. They should have blown me away, and they didn't.

Joe Nathan

This is a huge loss. It's one of the more disappointing blown saves for me.

This is a huge blow for a player who has worked very hard and very long to get back into the one-day international and Test match environment.

Philip Sidney

How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between shows and substance!

Pharrell Williams

Whatever you want to do is more than possible. It’s what you haven’t dreamt of yet that will blow your mind

Penn Jillette

If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.

Marlo Thomas

Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover.

Maurice Sendak

Herman Melville said that artists have to take a dive and either you hit your head on a rock and you split your skull and you die … or that blow to the head is so inspiring that you come back and do the best work that you ever did. BUT you have to take the dive and you do not know what the results will be.

Maureen Dowd

President Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in his pocket that had helped cushion the blow of a would-be assassin's bullet.

Determining whether this would be a death blow depends on the damages and the number of fraudulent goods sold on eBay. The outcome could also spark both legitimate and fraudulent insurance offerings to protect consumers.

Catherine Bertini

An escalation of fighting will strike a deadly blow to thousands of extremely fragile people.